Edward Barton is a Manchester, England, poet, artist and musician, known for his eccentric stage performances and use of home-made instruments. He has had top 30 success as a songwriter with hits including "It's a Fine Day" (Opus III), "Confide in Me" (Kylie Minogue), "Halcyon" (Orbital) and "Happiness" (Pizzaman). " It's a Fine Day " is a song written by English poet and musician Edward Barton. Opus III were a Techno and House music group from England who had major success on the UK singles charts and on the U " Confide in Me " is a dance &ndash pop song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and written by Steve Anderson, Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. Orbital were an English electronic duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician
He is probably best known for composing the song "It's a Fine Day", originally released as a single by Jane in 1983, and later to become a UK chart hit when Opus III covered it in 1992. "It's A Fine Day" was followed by the self-titled mini-album Jane & Barton, and another single, "I Want To Be With You", released through Cherry Red Records. Cherry Red is a London based Independent record label formed in 1978. The album featured Andrew Connell on piano. Another Jane single, "Lovely and Chicken", was later released through Barton's own label Wooden Records. More releases on Wooden followed, including a 1989 LP called Edward Not Edward which featured covers of Barton songs by diverse artists like The Inspiral Carpets, 808 State, Dub Sex, Ted Chippington, Louis Phillipe and A Guy Called Gerald. Inspiral Carpets are an Indie rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1986 808 State are an English Electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 Drum machine Ted Chippington (real name Francis Smyth; born February 1962 is a British stand-up comedian A Guy Called Gerald is the Stage name for musician Record producer and DJ Gerald Simpson (born February 16, 1967) Barton also released the single "Me And My Mini" / "I've Got No Chicken But I've Got Five Wooden Chairs".
Barton was a regular fixture of the eighties music scene in Manchester, supporting bands such as Stump. He has also contributed lyrics to albums by 808 State and Lost Witness, after the latter sampled "It's A Fine Day". Lost Witness is an English trance production and DJ duo composed of Simon Paul (also known as Si Paul and Simon Kemper He branched out into music video direction for the initial release of "Sit Down" by James in 1989 in which he also makes a cameo appearance.
Using the name Owain Barton,[1] he co-wrote Kylie Minogue's 1994 hit "Confide In Me". In 1995 he released Hush, a series of albums of a cappella songs specifically designed to be used as samples. A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment This resulted in the Norman Cook hits as Pizzaman, "Happiness" and "Happiness Happening", and "Red Sun Rising" and "7 Colours" by Lost Witness. Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician In 2001 he formed the band O. K. Cola with Mark Day of The Happy Mondays. Happy Mondays are an English Alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester.
His television appearances have included performances on The Tube and Tony Wilson's The Other Side of Midnight. The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme which ran for 5 series from November 5, 1982 until Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 &ndash 10 August 2007 was an English Record label owner radio presenter TV show host Nightclub manager Impresario He was rumoured to have appeared on Wogan in the late 80's playing guitar in Tears for Fears' backing band. Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are His radio appearances have included at least one guest spot on The Mark Radcliffe Show, during which he gave a live rendition of his song "I Slap My Belly". Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s and remains
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External links
- Edward Barton's latest music project
- Edward Barton's poetry book
- Unofficial Edward Barton site
- Discography
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